Poly Strike Contradicts Nation’s Technological Dev – Director

L-R: Rivers Internal Auditor, Judiciary Staff Union, Mr Stanley Mbadugha; National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kayode Igbarago and Financial Secretary, Mr Anthony Wachukwu, addressing a news conference on Rivers State judiciary workers strike in Port Harcourt, last Monday.

The on-going industrial
action that has suspended academic activities in the nation’s Polytechnics for nearly one year has been described as a contradiction to Nigeria’s bid for technological development.
The Managing Director of Nedal Oil and Gas Company Nigeria Limited, Prince Emmanuel Ogba stated this yesterday in Port Harcourt in an interview with The Tide  in Port Harcourt.
Ogba said, “it is a big irony that the nation which should be thinking of how to encourage the technological activities at this time of its development has allowed the Polytechnics which is a hub of technological training to remain closed for almost one year”.
He appealed to the Minister of Education and the Polytechnic teachers to find a solution to their unending disagreement.
“Definitely, there must be a solution to the stalmate because every problem has solution. The two divisions should as a matter of duty to the nation find a middle point to agree”, he said.
Ogba expressed believe that if the Polytechnics are properly encourage to produce quality graduates, they would help the nation move to the next level.
He equally believed that time has come for the disparity existing between the University First degree and HND to be properly addressed in view of the practical experience which the polytechnic students unarguably have over the university graduates.
The oil magnet urged the National Assembly, traditional rulers, parents and all lovers of education to prevail on the Ministry of Education and Polytechnic lecturers union to end the strike for the interest of the nation.

Chris Oluoh